Legal Opinion
Pitts v. United States
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 20, 1991No. Record 910186PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE POFF
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In accord with the provisions of our Rule 5:42, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit invoked our “original jurisdiction ... to answer questions of state law certified by a court of the United States or the highest appellate court of any other state.” Va. Const, art. VI, § 1. On January 19, 1991, we agreed to consider the following question of law, framed and certified as dispositive of an appeal from an order entered by the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia:
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Vasilion v. VasilionSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951
- Burns v. Board of Sup'rs of Stafford CountySupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
- Oliver v. GivensSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
- Allen v. ParkeySupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
- Virginia Coal & Iron Co. v. HyltonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- McNeilly v. Geremia (In Re McNeilly)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2000
- In Re ScottUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1996
- Rogers v. RogersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1999
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